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Game #2481

Aston Villa

11-5-17, 27 PTS

Saturday, 15 March 1958

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Lost

16th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Portsmouth

10-6-16, 26 PTS

Fratton Park

Attendance: 23,164

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

Portsmouth

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 March 1958

🕒 | HT Portsmouth 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 59' Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Alex Govan
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 1-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 15 March 1958

  • Portsmouth luck in to the three points at Fratton Park.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the first time in three after successive wins to make it eleven wins, five draws and seventeen defeats in thirty three division one games.

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Portsmouth

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

FIXTURE HISTORY

Portsmouth

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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #221 |
Saturday, 15 March 1958

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🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Alf Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alf Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1953-1958

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names the same line up for the third successive game for the first time this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.83 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.16 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.09 |

Referee

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Eddie Lever | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

GK Norman Uprichard | 🇬🇧 |
D Phil Gunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tommy McGhee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Sid McClellan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alex Govan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Derek Weddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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Portsmouth XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 15 Mar 1958, Villa 0-1 Portsmouth, Fratton

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